Raphael Soriano house revived in Long Beach

Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times

Alan Pullman with daughters Chloe, left, and Sasha in the backyard of their house in the Alamitos Heights neighborhood of Long Beach. The ribbons of glass wrapping the front and back of the house drew the architect's interest.

The front of the split-level house. When Pullman first saw the property, he knew, even with the curtains closed, that the sight lines carried past the front metal casement windows, into the living room and through more windows to the backyard.

Architect Alan Pullman and his family recently bought and renovated a 1940 Long Beach house by Raphael Soriano, who had worked for Richard Neutra and was a leading figure in Southern California midcentury modernism.